BOULDER - Colorado put up a strong academic showing this spring, landing 59 student-athletes on the Big 12 Conference Spring Academic Team, the league office announced Tuesday.
The Buffaloes also had 27 first-year athletes across all sports named to the Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team.
Colorado’s spring academic honorees came from men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s track & field, tennis and lacrosse. To qualify, student-athletes needed a 3.20 GPA or better, either cumulatively or across the previous two semesters, while taking part in at least 20 percent of their team’s scheduled contests. Seniors who have competed for at least two years can also be eligible if they meet every other requirement except the participation mark.
Rookie Team selections are freshmen who have finished 24 semester hours and posted a 3.0 GPA during their first year on campus.
Five Buffaloes also earned the Dr. Gerald Lage Award: skiers Luka Riley and Elena Grissom, Avery Bolles from volleyball, and Abbey Nechanicky and Alaina Fantaski from the women’s track & field team.
The award honors the former Oklahoma State Faculty Athletics Representative with the NCAA and the Big Eight/Big 12, who served from 1983 until his death in 2007. To qualify, student-athletes must have lettered at least once, lived at their school for at least one academic year and, at the time of nomination, have 90 hours of earned credit and a 3.80 cumulative GPA. Each athlete can receive the award only once.
Colorado’s Big 12 Spring Academic Team honorees were:
Men’s Golf: Zeqian "Michael" Fang, Parker Paxton, Jackson Rivera
Women’s Golf: Carolyn Fuller, Vanessa Ngo
Lacrosse: Lily Assini, Addison Brower, Caity Brower, Amelia Byerly, Mary Carson, Lola Flynn, Averi Gardner, Mack Hanlon, Jaimey Hill, Rachel Kennedy, Jenna Morley, Natalie Myslinski, Elena Oh, Jess Peluso, Bella Reece, Molly Reed, Phoebe Rogala, Teagan Ryan, Maddie Shoup, Briley Volpp
Tennis: Lera Alexin, Ema Bubalo, Aya El Sayed, Willow Gretsch, Anya Nelson, Pia Rebec, Rixt van der Werff
Men’s Track & Field: Gustavo Alfonso, Ty Cook, Luke Dry, Nick Gehring, Wilson Georges, Johnny Homsy, Kole Mathison, James Overberg, Grady Rauba, Charles Robertson, Danny Tragarz.*
Women’s Track & Field: Riley Burkey, Helen Carlson, Alaina Fantaski, Ashley Jones, Mia Larochelle, Aubrey Leneweaver, Louise Lounes, Abby Miller, Abbey Nechanicky, Amanda Opp, Avery Pearson Elliot Pribramsky, Hannah Prosser, Jessie Secor, Olivia Sheridan, Beana Winchell
Men’s Basketball: Jalin Holland
Women’s Basketball: Jade Crook, Logyn Greer, Sophie Zadel
Men’s Golf: Tyler Long
Women’s Golf: Teemapat Pateetin *, Ananthi Vivek
Lacrosse: Haylie Abrams, Rowan Edson, Julia Etu, Georgia Rios, Alison Stevens, Charlotte Yeskulsky, Sophia Yeskulsky
Soccer: Ruby Hayward, Vivi Zacarias
Tennis: Heidi Crncan, Yukiko Ikedo
Men’s Track & Field: Teagan Malcom, Kimi Bulto, Jack Graffeo, TJ Hansen, Wil Ihmels, Keegan Smith
Women’s Track & Field: Ana Peters
Volleyball: Audrey Asleson, Olivia Grenadier
*-Indicates 4.0 GPA
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